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Charity Summary

Charity Details

Legal name of the Charity:

I-Start Chinese Theatre Society Incorporated

Other Name (inc Trading Name):

I-Start Chinese Theatre

Registration number:

CC54012

NZBN number:

9429043266463

Current Status:

Registered

Registration details

Date of Registration:

20/12/2016

Balance Date:

March 31

Address for service

Charity's Postal Address:

462 Albany Highway

Albany

Auckland

0632

Charity's other details

Phone:

027 832 9872

Email:

derekchen1111@gmail.com

Website:

https://www.i-starttheatre.com/

Areas of Operation:

Nationwide

Organisation with a focus on the following communities:

Ethnic Communities

View Charity Link:

https://www.register.charities.govt.nz/Charity/CC54012

Purpose & Structure

Charitable Purpose

To provide and opportunity for Chinese New Zealanders to participate in theatre activities; To produce theatrical performances in the Chinese language for the entertainment of Chinese New Zealanders; To provide an opportunity for students of Mandarin to see theatrical performances in that language; Pecuniary gain is not a purpose of the Society.

Note: The main sectors, activities and beneficiaries are bolded.

Activities:

Provides services (e.g. care / counselling)

community theatre

Sectors:

Arts / culture / heritage

Education / training / research

Beneficiaries:

People of a certain ethnic / racial origin

Children / young people, General public

Legal Structure

Incorporated Society

Annual Returns

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Note: Charities that use the Tier 4 Combined Form to file their annual returns do not need to file their financial statements separately. The financial statements are included in their annual return summary.

For Year Ended	Due Date	Date Submitted	Total Income	Total Expenditure	Financial Statements	Annual Return Summary
31/03/2026	30/09/2026	-	-	-	To be filed	To be filed
31/03/2025	30/09/2025	19/10/2025	$17,271	$22,153	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2024	30/09/2024	9/06/2024	$713	$372	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2023	30/09/2023	6/11/2023	$15,826	$8,404	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2022	30/09/2022	1/10/2022	$610	$3,758	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2021	30/09/2021	30/09/2021	$6,195	$411	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2020	30/09/2020	29/09/2020	$19,966	$15,204	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2019	30/09/2019	30/09/2019	$10,563	$8,077	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2018	30/09/2018	30/09/2018	$13,080	$8,912	Included in Annual Return
31/03/2017	30/09/2017	25/09/2017	$13,307	$12,412	Included in Annual Return

Officer Details

Officers

Officer Name	Position	Effective Date
Yan Chen	Treasurer	1/09/2018
Yabing Liu	President	2/11/2014
Mei Burns	Secretary/vice president	1/11/2014

Past Officers

Officer Name	Position	Past Since
Jianping Zhi	Committee Member	31/03/2025
Ming Gao	Vice president	31/03/2025
Lei Zhao	Committee Member	30/11/2023
Peiwen Zhang	Committee Member	30/11/2023

Charity Updates

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Date Created	Reference	View Summary (.pdf <1MB)
29/09/2018	NOC004
26/09/2017	NOC003
22/12/2016	NOC001

Charity Documents

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